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Apr 19, 2010 richard clarke, the former antiterrorism czar, has now turned his attention to a new national security threat. Richard clarke was born in boston, massachusetts in 1950. In the battle raging between offense and defense in cyberspace, clarke and knake have some important ideas about how we can avoid cyberwar for our. Jul 29, 2010 maybe thats why experts such as richard a. Author of the number one new york times best seller against all enemies, former presidential advisor and counterterrorism expert richard a. Read an excerpt of the book below, and then head to the gma library to find more good reads. This is the first book about the war of the future cyber war and a convincing argument that we may already be in peril of losing it. Clarke and council on foreign relations international security fellow robert k. File under fiction readers of richard clarkes new book cyberwar who want to jump to the steamy parts should start at page 64 in the chapter cyber warriors. Cyber war is a powerful book about technology, government, and.
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